Rather than hide them in totally irrelevant threads I thought I'd start one on "usefull" items of treen I've made. I happen to be using a old Myford ML 8 but I don't think that a pole lathe would be unable to do any of them. Since I tend to be copying historical stuff it would have probably been done on a pole lathe anyway...
Today I have been mostly making a biscuit pricker based on one in York Castle museum.
I was making a replacement batch of hardtack for the ones that had gone green ( I was too quick bagging them up so was enough moisture left for them to spoil ) with the square cutter I made to cut and ***** them in one go. I also did a few round ships biscuit type ones using a mug to cut and used a chopstick to put the holes/****** in that help them dry out. This took for ever so I looked up a design, enlarged it to about 2.5" dia and turned a handle on the lathe. From sycamore. The York one was too plain even for me so I added a tiny amount of decoration.
I used a drill guide to drill pilot holes for the cut down 1" tacks which Id smoothed the cut end of. Easier to do it before then after. To even them up I put the working face on a flat surface and tapped down on the handle so they were all level. Because I didn't have any smooth sided tacks or thin nails I will yacht varnish the face and nails to smooth off the tiny machined grooves on their sides and seal the end grain. The whole thing has been soaked for a few hours in walnut oil.
ATB
Tom
Previously I've done a long pastry rolling pin, extra large pestle, mazer/ cup, candle sticks, potato mashers, tool handles, ladles/ dippers ( ok only the short handled dipper was turned.) bowls, things for hitting froes, the name of which escapes me, water bottle stoppers and a base for a rushlight holder.
Today I have been mostly making a biscuit pricker based on one in York Castle museum.

I was making a replacement batch of hardtack for the ones that had gone green ( I was too quick bagging them up so was enough moisture left for them to spoil ) with the square cutter I made to cut and ***** them in one go. I also did a few round ships biscuit type ones using a mug to cut and used a chopstick to put the holes/****** in that help them dry out. This took for ever so I looked up a design, enlarged it to about 2.5" dia and turned a handle on the lathe. From sycamore. The York one was too plain even for me so I added a tiny amount of decoration.
I used a drill guide to drill pilot holes for the cut down 1" tacks which Id smoothed the cut end of. Easier to do it before then after. To even them up I put the working face on a flat surface and tapped down on the handle so they were all level. Because I didn't have any smooth sided tacks or thin nails I will yacht varnish the face and nails to smooth off the tiny machined grooves on their sides and seal the end grain. The whole thing has been soaked for a few hours in walnut oil.
ATB
Tom
Previously I've done a long pastry rolling pin, extra large pestle, mazer/ cup, candle sticks, potato mashers, tool handles, ladles/ dippers ( ok only the short handled dipper was turned.) bowls, things for hitting froes, the name of which escapes me, water bottle stoppers and a base for a rushlight holder.
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